Australia and New Zealand have a long history of misjudging events in Fiji and are adding to their litany of mistakes with their tacit support for the overthrow of the Bainimarama regime. Neither country - at leadership level - will acknowledge that this has now become official policy. Yet there are clear indications that Canberra and Wellington … [Read more...] about #31 THUMBS UP FOR SOME COUP MAKERS
#30 SAMOANS PLAYING WITH FIRE
The principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is a cornerstone of international law yet that principle is being flagrantly breached by Samoa in its dealings with Fiji. In a remarkable development, the Samoan Government has publicly endorsed a campaign spearheaded by the renegade Fijian military officer, Ratu Tevita … [Read more...] about #30 SAMOANS PLAYING WITH FIRE
#THE CAMERA DOESN’T LIE
Grubsheet has come under withering attack for its previous posting that exposed the apparent links between the so-called Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement in Australia and indigenous extremists who staged the 2000 George Speight coup. Tempers in the diaspora of the disaffected who oppose the Bainimarama regime have been sorely frayed since we … [Read more...] about #THE CAMERA DOESN’T LIE
#28 UNHOLY ALLIANCE ON FIJI
The Ukrainian Club in the New South Wales city of Queanbeyan - adjacent to Canberra - was the unlikely setting this weekend for the launch of what's being billed by its organisers as the most serious attempt thus far to dislodge the Bainimarama regime in Fiji. The star speaker was Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara - the renegade Fijian military officer … [Read more...] about #28 UNHOLY ALLIANCE ON FIJI
#27 PRINCELY POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS
Classic "Philipism": To a couple wearing the Arabic hijab with just eye slits - "Aah, we've met before haven't we?" It used to be said that anyone in the developed world had reached the term of their natural life at three score years and ten. That was when mourners at funerals would mutter "well, at least he had a full and good … [Read more...] about #27 PRINCELY POLITICAL INCORRECTNESS
#26 AUSTRALIAN LABOR’S BITAR LEGACY
The breathtaking cynicism of contemporary Australian politics has surely reached its apogee with the announcement that recently retired ALP national secretary Karl Bitar is to join the Packer gambling empire. With the stroke of a Meisterstuck pen on an equally fat contract, the celebrated spinmeister’s alloted task is no longer to keep a benevolent … [Read more...] about #26 AUSTRALIAN LABOR’S BITAR LEGACY